Andrew Seaton
@andrewseaton.bsky.social
Historian and writer | politics, social history, medicine, environment, welfare | Author of 'Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution' (Yale, 2023) | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at UCL
http://andrew-seaton.com
http://andrew-seaton.com
Thanks to @melinabuns.bsky.social for putting together such a stimulating workshop on extraction last week at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social
Day one of the Extractive Natures/Natures of Extraction workshop, organised by @melinabuns.bsky.social as part of her @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship here at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social . Great papers that spanned resource extraction from medieval Europe to modern day Australia
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thanks to @melinabuns.bsky.social for putting together such a stimulating workshop on extraction last week at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social
Yale University Press London (@yalebooks.bsky.social) are having a 50% off sale for the month of November, which is ideal for early Christmas shopping (and enables you to purchase OUR NHS for £5.99 - or 1.61 pence per page):
yalebooks.co.uk
yalebooks.co.uk
Home - Yale University Press London
Welcome to the Yale University Press London home page: explore our books, meet our authors, find out about our publishing mission.
yalebooks.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Yale University Press London (@yalebooks.bsky.social) are having a 50% off sale for the month of November, which is ideal for early Christmas shopping (and enables you to purchase OUR NHS for £5.99 - or 1.61 pence per page):
yalebooks.co.uk
yalebooks.co.uk
We have Adrián Lerner and Pollyanna Rhee talking to us about cities and the Anthropocene in 30mins (3pm UK time). Feel free to join us using the sign-up link below!
For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social).
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
Anthropocenes Histories: Cities
This seminar will discuss the topic of 'Cities and the Anthropocene' through research on Latin America and the U.S.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We have Adrián Lerner and Pollyanna Rhee talking to us about cities and the Anthropocene in 30mins (3pm UK time). Feel free to join us using the sign-up link below!
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For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social).
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
Anthropocenes Histories: Cities
This seminar will discuss the topic of 'Cities and the Anthropocene' through research on Latin America and the U.S.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social).
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
Thanks to all of the students yesterday on a very wet day at Exeter College. We talked about GCSEs, A Levels, applying to university, and history.
October 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Thanks to all of the students yesterday on a very wet day at Exeter College. We talked about GCSEs, A Levels, applying to university, and history.
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We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
On Weds 22 Oct, there's an exciting interdisciplinary conversation about 'Planetary Health' at UCL.
I'll be talking (I think) about its antecedents and older traditions like social medicine.
All welcome, through will be primarily aimed at postgrads and ECRs. Sign up a must:
tinyurl.com/5e7s6yby
I'll be talking (I think) about its antecedents and older traditions like social medicine.
All welcome, through will be primarily aimed at postgrads and ECRs. Sign up a must:
tinyurl.com/5e7s6yby
Planetary Health
Interdisciplinary presentations and discussions focusing on the effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
On Weds 22 Oct, there's an exciting interdisciplinary conversation about 'Planetary Health' at UCL.
I'll be talking (I think) about its antecedents and older traditions like social medicine.
All welcome, through will be primarily aimed at postgrads and ECRs. Sign up a must:
tinyurl.com/5e7s6yby
I'll be talking (I think) about its antecedents and older traditions like social medicine.
All welcome, through will be primarily aimed at postgrads and ECRs. Sign up a must:
tinyurl.com/5e7s6yby
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Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'
www.history.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Friends! I have no idea (yet!) what I'm going to say about cities in the Anthropocene on Oct. 29th! But am very excited to help open UCL's Anthropocene Histories seminar for the year!
(Will probably talk a little about my book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
(Will probably talk a little about my book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Friends! I have no idea (yet!) what I'm going to say about cities in the Anthropocene on Oct. 29th! But am very excited to help open UCL's Anthropocene Histories seminar for the year!
(Will probably talk a little about my book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
(Will probably talk a little about my book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
I reviewed Chris Locke's new book on GPs and political protest for Social History of Medicine - a valuable take on its history from the late nineteenth century to the start of the NHS.
academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...
academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...
Chris Locke, GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880–1948
In GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880–1948, Chris Locke asks, why did GPs become politicized in Britain? Most medical historia
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October 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I reviewed Chris Locke's new book on GPs and political protest for Social History of Medicine - a valuable take on its history from the late nineteenth century to the start of the NHS.
academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...
academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...
For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social).
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
Anthropocenes Histories: Cities
This seminar will discuss the topic of 'Cities and the Anthropocene' through research on Latin America and the U.S.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social).
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.
Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
Congrats to this year's Wolfson History Prize nominees
We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
September 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Congrats to this year's Wolfson History Prize nominees
I'm looking forward to presenting some new work at the Oxford TORCH Enviro Humanities Research Hub on 4 December and discussing it with Danny Dorling. My talk will feature state planners, population anxieties, and photographs of smiling men in wheat fields
Happy to announce our fall programme! Pleased to be hosting @brdemuth.bsky.social for our annual flagship lecture on Nov 6. We'll also welcome @andrewseaton.bsky.social and @dannydorling.bsky.social on Dec 4 for a discussion of Andrew's new work on coal. For more info, see the web link in our bio.
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm looking forward to presenting some new work at the Oxford TORCH Enviro Humanities Research Hub on 4 December and discussing it with Danny Dorling. My talk will feature state planners, population anxieties, and photographs of smiling men in wheat fields
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This is a huge blow to critical, independent research on the BBC. If you care about maintaining access to the archive of a major cultural institution, please read and sign.
Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign:
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is a huge blow to critical, independent research on the BBC. If you care about maintaining access to the archive of a major cultural institution, please read and sign.
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Nye is back! 🩺💙📚
The bookshop would like to bring you a NEW display, NEW Nye playtext and NEW Welsh books.
To name a few:
Nye 2025 National Theatre Playtext by Tim Price
Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton
Wales As Is by David Hurn
The bookshop would like to bring you a NEW display, NEW Nye playtext and NEW Welsh books.
To name a few:
Nye 2025 National Theatre Playtext by Tim Price
Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton
Wales As Is by David Hurn
July 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Nye is back! 🩺💙📚
The bookshop would like to bring you a NEW display, NEW Nye playtext and NEW Welsh books.
To name a few:
Nye 2025 National Theatre Playtext by Tim Price
Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton
Wales As Is by David Hurn
The bookshop would like to bring you a NEW display, NEW Nye playtext and NEW Welsh books.
To name a few:
Nye 2025 National Theatre Playtext by Tim Price
Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton
Wales As Is by David Hurn
Congrats to Izzy Conn and @ihr.bsky.social for their new 'Leading Labour' podcast which considers the histories of previous Labour leaders. I joined the cast for the first episode to discuss Clement Attlee:
open.spotify.com/episode/10wB...
open.spotify.com/episode/10wB...
1. Clement Attlee
Leading Labour · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Congrats to Izzy Conn and @ihr.bsky.social for their new 'Leading Labour' podcast which considers the histories of previous Labour leaders. I joined the cast for the first episode to discuss Clement Attlee:
open.spotify.com/episode/10wB...
open.spotify.com/episode/10wB...
For someone who isn't very good at abandoning books even if not enjoying them, the Salt Path revelations couldn't have arrived at a better time
July 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
For someone who isn't very good at abandoning books even if not enjoying them, the Salt Path revelations couldn't have arrived at a better time
In fifteen minutes (3pm UK time) we have a session on histories of heating for the Anthropocene Histories seminar - details here if you'd like to join us on Zoom!:
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
Anthropocene Histories seminar: Histories of Heating
In this Anthropocene Histories seminar Christopher Courtney (Durham) and Abigail Harrison Moore (Leeds) will present work from their own research on humidity and health in China and heating and women'...
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In fifteen minutes (3pm UK time) we have a session on histories of heating for the Anthropocene Histories seminar - details here if you'd like to join us on Zoom!:
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
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My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed
May 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed
This Wednesday, @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social have an online talk about the history of 'scarcity' - details and sign-up below:
Another event on 21 May with Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Carl Wennerlind and @robertsuits.bsky.social talking about scarcity. The details are below:
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
Anthropocene Histories Seminar: Scarcity
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Wednesday, @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social have an online talk about the history of 'scarcity' - details and sign-up below:
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@anthropoceneucl.bsky.social's next #Anthropocene histories seminar is this Weds online at 1500 GMT on oceans, fish, and marine economies – all welcome!
#envhum, #skyhistorians, #envhist, #oceans, #ecology, @uclhistory.bsky.social
#envhum, #skyhistorians, #envhist, #oceans, #ecology, @uclhistory.bsky.social
📣The great economization of the Ocean: Following cod & doing empirical economy
📆14 May, 3-5pm
📍Online - zoom
🔗 shorturl.at/hiDmV
Our speakers discuss how the ocean has been harnessed to become a space of ever-intensifying capital investment & innovation.
Join this Anthropocene Histories seminar!
📆14 May, 3-5pm
📍Online - zoom
🔗 shorturl.at/hiDmV
Our speakers discuss how the ocean has been harnessed to become a space of ever-intensifying capital investment & innovation.
Join this Anthropocene Histories seminar!
May 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
@anthropoceneucl.bsky.social's next #Anthropocene histories seminar is this Weds online at 1500 GMT on oceans, fish, and marine economies – all welcome!
#envhum, #skyhistorians, #envhist, #oceans, #ecology, @uclhistory.bsky.social
#envhum, #skyhistorians, #envhist, #oceans, #ecology, @uclhistory.bsky.social
We have a great talk coming up on 14 May for the Anthropocene Histories seminar about the economisation of the ocean with Kristin Asdal, Tone Huse, Tamara Fernando and Sophie Page. It's free and online, all welcome. Sign up below.
Join us for this Anthropocene Histories seminar where Kristin Asdal & Tone Huse discuss how the ocean, in the years proceeding WWII, has been harnessed to become a space of ever-intensifying capital investment and innovation 🌊
📆14 May, 3-5pm
📍Online - zoom
🔗 shorturl.at/qQGsE
📆14 May, 3-5pm
📍Online - zoom
🔗 shorturl.at/qQGsE
May 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We have a great talk coming up on 14 May for the Anthropocene Histories seminar about the economisation of the ocean with Kristin Asdal, Tone Huse, Tamara Fernando and Sophie Page. It's free and online, all welcome. Sign up below.
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Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour government.
🖊️ Andrew Seaton: The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
🖊️ Andrew Seaton: The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour government.
www.newstatesman.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them
Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour government.
🖊️ Andrew Seaton: The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
🖊️ Andrew Seaton: The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour government.
www.newstatesman.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them